P05002.030 Accession Number: P05002.030

Description

Looking across the wing of an inbound Pan American (Pan Am) jet towards an outbound Qantas 707 V Jet, that is taxiing for take-off at Darwin airport, where it will fly Australian troops to South Vietnam via Singapore. The photograph was taken from a similar aircraft in which the photographer (Woolmer) & other members of 106 Fld Wk Shp RAEME had just returned from service in South Vietnam.

Details

Accession Number
P05002.030
Photographer
Percy Charles Woolmer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Transparency
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Date Made
14 January 1971
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor C Woolmer
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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